A world without color would be very dull. Can you imagine viewing a beautifully colorful floral arrangement in black and white? Or a Vincent Van Gogh painting without color?
If we have the ability to perceive color in our lives we tend to take it for granted. Look out your window. The world we live in is very colorful. In the Midwest we have four seasons. Spring brings fresh color with new flowers popping up every day. Summer brings us green grass, colorful gardens, and shady trees. Fall changes our outdoor palette when leaves on trees change from green to beautiful hues of yellow, orange and browns. Winter repaints the scenery with blankets of glistening frost, ice and snow against a backdrop of buildings, streets and streetlights. Color is with us every second of every day.
So why should we limit our lighting to black and white, off and on, when we have the ability to enjoy lush colors and hues? There are a number of technologies available that can color our world! Imagine lighting a room with soothing hues to calm a busy day. Or hues that energize. Imagine lighting that enhances special days with color; reds and greens for Winter Holiday season, gold, purple and green for Mardi Gras, pastels for the Spring Holiday season. All at the touch of a button.
Here are a few of the technologies we employ to color our world.
Phillips Hue: Smart Lighting
Phillips is one of the leading manufacturers providing smart lighting products that we use to add color to our world. Their system consists of a Bridge device that serves to connect their white and color LED bulbs to your home network. Control can be via an app or we can integrate lighting control into your entire home system. You can DIY (Do It Yourself), of we can DIFY (Do It For You), or anywhere in between. Phillips Hue can be used inside or outdoors. We have extensively tested their indoor products and use them ourselves every day.
FX Luminaire
FX Luminaire provides industry-leading landscape and architectural lighting solutions for line- and low-voltage installations. They focus on the advancement of LED technology and digital lighting control with zoning, dimming, and color adjustment capabilities. The energy-efficient lighting fixtures are specially designed to create world-class lighting systems for a range of classic and contemporary applications.
From high-tech controllers to a complete spectrum of fixtures and accessories, these products provide endless opportunities for the ultimate outdoor lighting experience. When you choose FX Luminaire lighting products, you get more than timeless design and top-quality materials — you get the best technology the industry has to offer.
FX Luminaire specialty lights are carefully engineered for peak performance in lighting designs that stretch the boundaries of creativity. From underwater to in-grade applications, FX Luminaire specialty lights are designed to bring statement pieces to life.
Here’s an overview of the heart of the FX Luminaire system, the Luxor Controller. For a complete product listing click on the Product Catalog.
If you have an existing lighting system FX Luminaire can interface with your existing fixtures. With Luxor Cubes we can control fountains, water features, and standard 120v line-voltage fixtures such as sconces and entrance lights to provide a cohesive system that can be operated form your Apple or Android device.
With Home Control Works and FX Luminaire we can design the lighting system of your dreams…. in color!